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An introduction to the study of the design properties of the sound systems of human language. Building on a basic knowledge of articulatory phonetics, this course looks at the acoustic properties and cognitive organisation of speech sounds, how and why they change in different contexts and how they are organised into prosodic constituents. Data are drawn from the widest possible range of languages. The focus is on how to construct arguments for the lexical representation of sounds and how to formalise phonological processes.

Module aims:

- To provide a grounding in phonological theory
- To expose students to languages typologically different from English
- To provide practice in developing analyses of phonological systems
- To provide a grounding in acoustic phonetics